The 2012 Piazza di Siena – CSIO Rome was the 2012 edition of the CSIO Rome, the Italian official show jumping horse show, at the Piazza di Siena in Rome. It was held as CSIO 5*.

In 2012 the Piazza di Siena horse show celebrates its 80th anniversary. In 1922, the first horse show were held at the Piazza di Siena. Since the year 1926 it is an international horse show. Two years later, in 1928, the horse show was first time the location of the Italian official show jumping horse show (CSIO = Concours de Saut International Officiel).[1]

The 2012 edition of the CSIO Rome was held between May 24, 2012 and May 27, 2012. Main sponsor of the 2012 Piazza di Siena horse show was Fixdesign.

FEI Nations Cup of Italy edit

The 2012 FEI Nations Cup of Italy is part of the 2012 Piazza di Siena horse show. It was the second competition of the 2012 FEI Nations Cup and was held at Friday, May 25, 2012 at 3:15 pm. The competing teams were: Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden, Great Britain, Germany and France. Also an Italian team as host nation had the chance to start in the competition.[2]

The competition was a show jumping competition with two rounds and optionally one jump-off. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. All teams were allowed to start in the second round. The competition is endowed with 200,000 .

Winner of the competition was the German team. It was the first victory of Germany in the Italian Nations Cup since 2000. Before this a German team had won in Rome in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1958, 1971 and 1993.[3]

Team Rider Horse Round A Round B Total penalties Jump-off Prize
money
scoring
points
Penalties Penalties Penalties Time
(s)
1   Germany Marco Kutscher Cornet Obolensky 0 4
Christian Ahlmann Taloubet Z 4 0
Marcus Ehning Copin van de Broy 0 0
Ludger Beerbaum Gotha FRH 0 did not start
0 4 4 64.000 € 10
2   Switzerland Paul Estermann Castlefield Eclipse 0 0
Janika Sprunger Uptown Boy 4 8
Simone Wettstein Cash and Go 4 0
Clarissa Crotta West Side van Meerputhoeve 4 0
8 0 8 40.000 € 7
3   Belgium Ludo Philippaerts Challenge van de Begijnakker 0 22
Olivier Philippaerts Cabrio van de Heffnink 0 4
Nicola Philippaerts Carlos V.H.P.Z. 12 4
Jos Lansink Valentina 4 0
4 8 12 32.000 € 6
4   Italy Juan Carlos Garcia Bonzai van de Warande 8 0
Francesca Capponi Stallone 0 0
Luca Marziani Wivina 12 4
Natale Chiaudani Almero 4 4
12 4 16 23.000 € -
5   France Patrice Delaveau Ornella Mail 4 16
Marc Dilasser Obiwan de Piliere 4 4
Roger-Yves Bost Nippon d'Elle 0 8
Kevin Staut Silvana 12 0
8 12 20 15.000 € 5
6   Netherlands Harry Smolders Regina Z 4 4
Marc Houtzager Voltaire 4 8
Jur Vrieling Bubalou 0 8
Gerco Schröder New Orleans 4 4
8 16 24 8,500 € 3,5
  Great Britain William Funnell Billy Angelo 9 12
Tina Fletcher Hello Sailor 4 4
Scott Brash Sanctos 0 0
Peter Charles Vindicat 4 12
8 16 24 8.500 € 3,5
8   Sweden Helena Persson Bonzai H 12 12
Angelica Augustsson Mic Mac du Tillard 0 eliminated
Lisen Bratt Fredricson Matrix 8 4
Henrik von Eckermann Allerdings 0 4
8 20 28 5.000 € 2
9   Ireland Shane Sweetnam Amaretto D'Arco 0 8
Niall Talbot Nicos de la Censes eliminated did not start
Cian O'Connor Blue Loyd 20 4
Billy Twomey Tinka's Serenade 0 0
20 12 32 4.000 € 1

(grey penalties points do not count for the team result)[4]

Grand Prix “Città di Roma” edit

The Grand Prix “Città di Roma” was the major competition of the 2012 Piazza di Siena horse show. The sponsor of this competition is again Loro Piana. It is held at Sunday, May 29, 2011 at 2:15 pm.[5]

The competition is a show jumping competition with two rounds, the height of the fences was up to 1.60 meters. It is endowed with 200,000 .[6]

Rider Horse Round 1 Round 2 prize
money
Penalties Penalties Time
(s)
1   Ludger Beerbaum Gotha FRH 0 0 43.10 50,000 €
2   Christian Ahlmann Taloubet Z 0 0 44.58 40,000 €
3   Marc Dilasser Obiwan de Piliere 0 0 45.10 30,000 €
4   Marco Kutscher Cornet Obolensky 0 0 45.59 20,000 €
5   Janika Sprunger Palloubet D'Halong 0 0 45.67 14,000 €

References edit

  1. ^ "history". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  2. ^ Starting List 2012 FEI Nations Cup of Italy, Round A[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Nach zwölf Jahren wieder deutscher Nationen-Preis-Erfolg in Rom, Dieter Ludwig, May 25, 2012 (German)
  4. ^ "result 2011 FEI Nations Cup of Italy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  5. ^ "timetable". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  6. ^ result 2012 Grand Prix “Città di Roma”[permanent dead link]

External links edit